The 66th running of the Irish 1000 Guineas was held on Saturday 23rd May 1987 over 1 mile of The Curragh. The winner won €90,475. The winner was owned by Mr Paul Mellon, trained by Ian Balding and ridden by Tony Ives. The winner won by a short head in 1 minute 43.9 seconds, with 1 1/2 lengths between second and third.

IRISH 1000 GUINEAS 1987

FOREST FLOWER (Chestnut filly by Green Forest out of Leap Lively) SR 1966

The winning owner won €90,475, (The equivalent of £217,800 in 2018 based on Bank of England inflation calculator).

The Youtube link below is a 3 minute 6 second clip of the 1987 Irish 1000 Guineas https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ri73NpE4Ls

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Pos. Horse Weight Jockey Owner Trainer
1 FOREST FLOWER 9.0 Tony Ives Mr Paul Mellon Ian Balding
2 MILLIGRAM 9.0 Walter Swinburn Helena Springfield Ltd Michael Stoute
3 TAKING STEPS 9.0 Steve Craine Mr Cahill  
4 FINAL MOMENT 9.0 Cash Asmussen    
5 CIPRIANI 9.0 Mick Kinane Mr A D Rogers Dermot Weld
6 MINSTRELLA 9.0 John Reid Mr Edward Parker Evans Charlie Nelson
7 NATIVE SAL 9.0 Roy Carroll    
8 ROSE SUPREME 9.0 Declan Gillespie    
9 POLONIA 9.0 Christy Roche Henry Kwiatkowski  
10 KALORAMA 9.0 Gabriel Curran   Kevin Prendergast
11 INDIAN LILY 9.0 Michael Roberts Sheikh Mohammed Clive Brittain
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Evens fav Milligram        
4/1 Forest Flower        
66/1 Taking Steps        

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